ROLE PURPOSE The incumbent will utilise their legal, contractual, and commercial experience, expertise and acumen to align legal strategies with overarching business objectives, while providing practical day-to-day legal advice and guidance on international legal matters when requested.

The incumbent will negotiate, draft, and manage commercial arrangements, identify, assess, and manage contractual and legal risk across transactions, ensuring consistency in approach. They will develop and maintain legal policies; provide practical solutions to contractual, commercial, and legal challenges; and collaborate closely with Compliance and Finance teams to ensure regulatory compliance, effective commercial contracting, and alignment with overall business objectives.

Additionally, this role is responsible for providing contractual, project compliance and legal analysis in Australia and Singapore, together with other jurisdictions within the group's responsibility, including South Africa and other Southeast Asian countries.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Legal, Commercial and Contract Advisory

- Provide timely, accurate legal advice across a broad range of matters, including commercial contracts, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and risk management.
- Draft, review, negotiate and manage commercial agreements, contracts and legal documentation.
- Interpret and communicate legal obligations in a clear, practical manner to business stakeholders, including ensuring that all parties understand their obligations under internal policies and applicable laws and regulations.
- Communicate and negotiate with external parties, including regulators and public authorities, while developing and maintaining relationships of trust.
- Take primary responsibility for internal legal projects, ensuring matters are progressed, coordinated, and completed in line with business requirements.





Risk & Compliance

- Identify, assess and manage legal risks, recommending mitigation strategies aligned with business priorities and developed in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
- Support compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and governance frameworks.
- Assist with internal audits, investigations and regulatory inquiries as required.
- Identify, assess and manage contractual risks associated with project-based contracts.
- Provide oversight of compliance with applicable government laws and regulations.

Stakeholder Management

- Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders to understand business needs and deliver pragmatic legal solutions, while ensuring strong visibility of the Legal function internally and externally with business partners and clients.
- Liaise with external legal advisers and manage legal spend where required.

Continuous Improvement

- Contribute to the development and improvement of legal and commercial templates, processes and policies.
- Conduct legal research on international issues, including staying informed of relevant legislative and regulatory changes impacting the organisation.

CORE COMPETENCIES / SKILL REQUIREMENTS Success in this role will rely on:

- Ability to adapt to and navigate legal systems and cultural nuances across different countries.
- High level of professional ethics, integrity and discretion when handling confidential information.




- Deep understanding of commercial terms, contract law and negotiation techniques.
- Highly developed understanding of legal issues and practices from a practical perspective within an international and global environment.
- Robust commercial acumen with the ability to identify, assess and manage contractual risk.
- Good knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE Educational, Technical and Professional

- Degree in Law, or an equivalent combination of education and proven relevant experience.
- At least five (5) years of legal experience, with a preference for at least three (3) years of relevant experience as a legal adviser in manufacturing, construction law, or an international commercial environment.

COMPETENCIES Problem Solving / Decision Making

- Demonstrates sound business judgement, with strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Provides clear direction and leadership, making considered decisions that impact themselves and others.
- Makes timely and effective decisions, including in complex or unstructured situations.
- Takes a proactive, solutions-focused approach, identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions.
- Is results-oriented.

Time Management and Organisational Skills

- Plans and organises their own work to ensure timely completion of tasks, adjusting priorities as required to respond to new or competing demands.
- Is self-motivated and goal-oriented, able to work autonomously with focus and commitment.

Continuous Development / Managing Change

- Acts as a change agent during organisational change processes and advocates for continuous improvement.
- Looks for new and innovative ways of working.
- Willingly embraces change and demonstrates an adaptive approach to changing circumstances and business direction.

📌 Senior Legal Counsel - Manufacturing (Dandenong)
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